5 Of The Best Tech Analysts To Follow On Twitter

Are you following the right analysts? If you're an investor, a curious consumer or anyone who wants to know what's going on within the tech industry, make sure you follow these five analysts.

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter (

) has been tweeting about video games since July 2009. His messages are frequently saved and re-tweeted by his 42,000 followers, such as this one:

Pachter has also provided Benzinga with some memorable quotes:

“It's sort of like saying, do you care about renting a DVD or watching a VOD? For the same price you would probably do VOD. You only do DVD because it's cheaper."

“They need to keep things fresh, so more content is always good. The more exclusive the content, the more likely people are to join/remain members, so the ‘Crouching Tiger' and Adam Sandler movies matter.”

“…They have already sunk four years into development, so they have a basis for deciding to spend on marketing and building infrastructure. Second, they have a pretty solid record with franchise building, so it's hard to second guess them at all.”

Patrick Moorhead (

), president and principal analyst at

, was ranked number one among tech analysts in the United States and Europe. One look at his commentary and it's easy to see why:

Moorhead has had a lot of interesting things to tell Benzinga over the past few weeks:

"I think that, generally, Icahn is good for investments on Wall Street but bad for the company. Many times he is asking them to do things or setting up situations that are not good for the company long-term."

"They don't have the scale and they don't have the differentiation that they used to have. “I see them as a software and services company, a very small one, but I do not see them playing in hardware anymore. There's too many different potential replacements. Even the federal government is approving iPhones and Android devices."

"This is a monumental announcement. This is the first time that a big-time content service has unbundled. It's what users want."

Sean Udall (

) may not be a typical analyst (he doesn't issue “coverage”), but his expert commentary is not to be missed.

Some of his best quotes include:

“It's gonna probably be Apple's third- or fourth-most successful product. Once you get a full year [in], my guess is the watch probably becomes a bigger revenue-generator than Macs."

"A lot of people think the medical technology division is very undervalued. Once they split the two companies, you'll see a lot of value come out of Agilent."

"This is smart for them to do. If they're not making money on PCs and they're not doing well in PCs, they gotta start reducing the manufacturing of those and cutting inventory.”

BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk (

) is one of the most outspoken individuals covering the tech space. He frequently points out interesting details that others miss. He also took a stab at coining a new term:

Here are some of his best quotes on Benzinga:

"I think given the amount of demand that exists in the global market for the product, presumably…the biggest challenge Apple has is what they can make. We're talking about moving 10 million units or over $7 billion in revenue in three days, which is impressive no matter what industry you're looking at."

"You could have some new product launches [in the pipeline]. There's certainly plenty of opportunities that exist, whether it's payments or smart homes or watches or all the stuff that we love to read about."

"Dollar-wise, in the grand scheme of things, it's not a large deal. But I think the reason it's of interest to people is that the company hasn't spent more than $400 million [on an acquisition] over the last couple of decades. So any type of change in pattern obviously increases people's interest in tying to figure out what's going on."

Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle (

) is tough to impress, which is one of the things that makes his commentary so interesting.

Enderle has shared many words of wisdom with Benzinga, including:

"I think it has to be free to be able to compete with what Apple's doing, what Amazon's doing and the efforts from the credit card companies directly. It just makes sense to separate it so it can operate more freely."

"It's fraud. The danger of doing something fraudulent is you could get charged criminally…it's just a matter of someone figuring out how to file the charges."

"I think this is a subtle way of saying the Marissa Mayer turnaround isn't going very well. Both companies are executing a very similar strategy -- both moving to content as their primary vehicle. They're looking for synergy here. While AOL is doing better, [it] isn't really doing all that great either.”